Just Go (album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(68/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favorable)^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
New York Times	(favorable)^[6]
The Observer	(unfavorable)^[7]
People	^[8]
The Times	^[9]
Vibe	^[1]

Just Go is the ninth solo album by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. The album was slated to be released in US on March 10, 2009, but was pushed back to May 19, 2009. In UK the album was released as scheduled on March 16, 2009. The International release date was March 13, 2009. Akon and Ne-Yo share in the writing duties for the new album, along with Norwegian production team StarGate.^[10] Just Go also has contributions from songwriter Johntá Austin and The-Dream.^[11] Although Richie did not write a song for the album, he did write "Eternity", which is also included on the tribute album Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise.

The album debuted at #24 on Billboard 200 and #9 on R&B Chart. As of May 2012, the album has sold 95,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Forever" (featuring Phillip "Taj" Jackson on backing vocals)	Phillip "Taj" Jackson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen	Stargate	3:19
2.	"Just Go" (featuring Akon)	Aliaune Thiam, Giorgio Tuinfort	Akon, Tuinfort	4:11
3.	"Nothing Left to Give" (featuring Akon)	Thiam, Tuinfort	Akon, Tuinfort	3:32
4.	"Forever and a Day"	Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Terius Nash	Stewart	4:04
5.	"I'm Not Okay" (featuring The-Dream on backing vocals)	Stewart, Nash	Stewart	3:28
6.	"Good Morning"	Stewart, Nash, James Button, Corron Ty Cole	Stewart	4:06
7.	"Through My Eyes" (featuring Phillip "Taj" Jackson on backing vocals)	Jackson, Eriksen, Hermansen	Stargate	4:06
8.	"I'm in Love" (featuring Ne-Yo on backing vocals)	Shaffer Smith, Eriksen, Hermansen	Stargate	4:05
9.	"Think of You" (featuring Phillip "Taj" Jackson on backing vocals)	Jackson, Eriksen, Hermansen	Stargate, Martin K	4:12
10.	"Into You Deep"	Stewart, Nash, Sean Hall	Stewart, Sean K.	5:19
11.	"Pastime"	Johntá Austin, Eriksen, Hermansen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund	Stargate	3:52
12.	"Face In The Crowd" (with Trijntje Oosterhuis)	John Ewbank	Ewbank, Nando Eweg, Clayton Haraba	4:21
13.	"Somewhere in London"	Stewart, Nash	Stewart	5:05
14.	"Eternity"	Lionel Richie	David Foster	4:37

Singles

"Good Morning" was released as the album's lead single, and went for Urban AC radio adds on November 4, 2008.
"Just Go" was released as the second single on March 12, 2009. The music video premiered the same day.
"I'm in Love" went for Urban AC radio adds on May 19, 2009.

Other singles

"Face in the Crowd" was released as an international single (in the Netherlands) on July 18, 2008.
"Forever and Ever" (on the album retitled simply "Forever") went for Urban AC radio adds on September 16, 2008. It was in 2009 released to UK radio under the title "Forever".
"I'm Not Okay" went for Urban AC radio adds on September 16, 2008.

Charts

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	24
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	9
Austria	9
France	79
Netherland	22
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	89
UK Albums Chart^[13]	10
UK R&B Chart	1
Switzerland	28

Preceded by Freedom by Akon	UK R&B Chart number-one album March 22, 2009 – March 29, 2009	Succeeded by Freedom by Akon

Controversy

The South-Korean girl band 2NE1 had a similar song "I Don't Care" akin to Lionel's "Just Go" released July 2009. It is currently being investigated by Universal Music Group.^[14]

References

1 2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived June 11, 2009)
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ The Guardian review
↑ New York Times review
↑ The Observer review
↑ People review
↑ The Times review Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Lewis, Pete (2009-03-13). "Three Times A Superstar - Pete Lewis Interviews Lionel Richie". Blues & Soul. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ Cohen, Jonathan (2008-11-03). "Akon, Ne-Yo Give Lionel Richie A Lift". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
↑ "Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' Becomes Year's Second-Biggest Album: Singer's Country Set Has Outsold His Last Three Combined". Billboard. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
↑ "Official UK Albums Top 100 - 3rd March 2012 | The UK Charts | Top 40 | Official Charts Company". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
↑ "(Versus) 2NE1 vs Lionel Richie ft.Akon « Passion for Korean Wave". Hallyuism.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

External links

Lionel Richie

Studio albums	Lionel Richie (1982) Can't Slow Down (1983) Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) Louder Than Words (1996) Time (1998) Renaissance (2000) Just for You (2004) Coming Home (2006) Just Go (2009) Tuskegee (2012)

Live albums	Encore (2002)

Compilation albums	Back to Front (1992) Truly: The Love Songs (1997) The Definitive Collection (2003)

Singles	"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981) "Truly" (1982) "You Are" (1983) "My Love" (1983) "All Night Long (All Night)" (1983) "Running with the Night" (1983) "Hello" (1984) "Stuck on You" (1984) "Penny Lover" (1984) "Say You, Say Me" (1985) "Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986) "Love Will Conquer All" (1986) "Ballerina Girl" (1986) "Deep River Woman" (1987) "Se La" (1987) "Do It to Me" (1992) "My Destiny" (1992) "I Call It Love" (2006) "Why" (2006) "Just Go" (2009)

Related articles	Discography Commodores

Book:Lionel Richie

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